Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died in 2025 and now just over a year on their sad, unassuming resting place has been pictured still without a plaque to remember them
The sad resting place of Hollywood icon Gene Hackman and his wife paints a lonely picture. Gene, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found dead in February last year.
Now, just over a year later, the unassuming plot where the couple are buried is marked only by a single conch shell. The spot is still to have a plaque placed to remember the pair. And it appears there was no floral tribute to mark a year since their passing.
The couple are buried in the unmarked plot under a tree at Rivera Funerals, Cremations and Memorial Garden in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The deaths of Gene and Betsy stunned the world of showbiz at the time after their lifeless bodies at the home they’d shared for 35 years on February 26, 2025. The couple’s bodies were partially mummified.
Betsy, 65, had succumbed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome – an uncommon illness transmitted by rats. Her 95-year-old husband Gene died around one week later. The star’s cause of death was revealed to be heart disease, with his advanced Alzheimer’s disease being a contributing factor.
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Following their death, questions were raised over Gene’s enormous £62 million estate. In his first marriage to Faye Maltese, The Poseidon Adventure star welcomed three children: Christopher, 65, Elizabeth, 62, and Leslie, 58.
While it was initially thought by some that his vast fortune was automatically left to them, this wasn’t quite the case. Instead, the two-time Oscar-winner’s will excluded his three adult children.
Instead, he bequeathed his entire estate to Betsy. However, as Betsy died before her husband, it’s understood that the three Hackman siblings could stand to inherit their father’s wealth. It remains to be seen whether there is an alternative heir is specified in his will.
Page Six recently reported that Gene’s Last Will and Testament was dated June 7, 2005. It reportedly does not nominate any of his three children to act as a personal representative.
Instead, it’s said to request that two trusts handle his “final directions”: the Gene Hackman Living Trust and the Gene Hackman Revocable Trust. In March last year, lawyer Gregory W. MacKenzie filed an appearance on behalf of Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie.
While Gene valued his privacy, he also previously opened up candidly about how his family life suffered at the hands of hiis glittering career. He admitted in 1989 to the New York Times: “You become very selfish as an actor.
“Even though I had a family, I accepted roles that would keep us apart for three or four months at a stretch. The allure of the money and recognition was too much for the poor boy in me to resist.”
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